Monday, July 22, 2013

A Hobgoblin with a small mind

The Aspen Times reported Sunday that Scalia drew upon the Holocaust as an example of how judicial activism can lead to problems. According to the Utah Bar Association's website, Scalia was slated to be the keynote speaker for the 2013 Summer Convention event, which was held from July 17-20 in Snowmass, Colo.

Well, there is one person...totally fair comparison to this guy.
But please do go on Tony:

"We have become addicted to abstract moralizing," Scalia said last month. "I am questioning the sanity of having value-laden judgments made by judges."

The Texas statute [criminalizing sodomy] undeniably seeks to further the belief of its citizens that certain forms of sexual behavior are "immoral and unacceptable," Bowers, supra, at 196-the same interest furthered by criminal laws against fornication, bigamy, adultery, adult incest, bestiality, and obscenity.

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Some of them, in fact, won't be happy until there's only a handful of people (all members of the state Republican Party) left in the entire state. I think Scalia understands this, too. This is why they like him.

of argument, that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged,” he said, earning a few laughs from the Utah lawyers. “Rather, I am questioning the propriety, indeed the sanity, of having a value-laden decision such as that made for the entire society by unelected judges.”

just because he's on the supremes does that mean he can't be subject to the bar association or to whatever regulatory group there is to oversee judges. isn't there a censure or a disbarment to keep bad judges from judging?